Game 1: the best of seven series has begun in Chicago, as the top seeded Blackhawks take on the eighth seeded oilers. The oilers got out to a strong start in this one as Taylor hall spotted a streaking Ryan nugent-Hopkins and connected a saucer pass that Hopkins was able to coral and put it top shelf on Pekka Rinne on the first shot of the game. From here it was a back and forth game as far as the momentum was concerned, the oilers put the puck on. Et every chance they got but Rinne was up to the task keeping the score at 1-0 into the waning moments of the 3rd period as he turned aside all 29 shots after the Hopkins goal. The Blackhawks were finally able to beat former goaltender Corey Crawford with 40 seconds left as Patrick sharp was able to score a rebound from a jonathon toews wrist shot with the goaltender pulled to force overtime. As fate would have it , the oilers scored their first show and last shot as jones potted a breakaway goal just 4 minutes into overtime.